Pandagon: In Louisiana, unarmed, black, 73 year old cancer survivor, shot dead by police

Source: Chicago Tribute Article: Race may be a factor in shooting of unarmed man

"People here are afraid of the police," said Terry Willis, vice president of the Homer NAACP branch. "They harass black people, they stop people for no reason and rough them ( Read more... )

Justice for Jason

Early on the morning of February 3, 2008, Jason, an African American student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was in his dormitory. Two intoxicated white men, Jonathan Bowes and Jonathan Bosse, approached Jason’s dormitory window repeatedly referring to him as a “nigger” and breaking in the window. They then forced ( Read more... )

"Politically incorrect" is the PC term for "Reactionary Asshole."

Community: I'm Politically Incorrect!"In my wanderings (and wonderings) and ponderings over the years I see--more often than not--"politically correct" used as a buzz word, a red herring, a straw man ( Read more... )

Queering Black Politics: Reconsidering the Black Single Mother Argument

I’d like to dialogue about what I perceive to be the problem of discussing black politics and “black issues” as though black people are one homogenous group with identical desires, family structures, and ideals. Black politics are not white politics in blackface. The old habit ( Read more... )